Stillung Mariä mit dem Auferstandenen' from Paul Hindemith's 'Das Marienleben' plays. Stan Brakhage gives a biography of James Thomson (B.V.). He reads Thomson's poem 'The City of Dreadful Night' and analyzes it. Brakhage describes religion in Thomson's life. He plays a clip of cult leader Jim Jones performing a miracle healing and then plays a clip of Christian preachers. Brakhage continues reading 'The City of Dreadful Night.' He plays a clip of Ronald Reagan with a choir. Brakhage describes Erik Satie's music and plays one of Satie's 'Danses gothiques' and 'Les Fils des Étoiles.' Continued on 'Stan Brakhage presents various works of art #10 (End) and #11.'

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Stillung Mariä mit dem Auferstandenen' from Paul Hindemith's 'Das Marienleben' plays. Stan Brakhage gives a biography of James Thomson (B.V.). He reads Thomson's poem 'The City of Dreadful Night' and analyzes it. Brakhage describes religion in Thomson's life. He plays a clip of cult leader Jim Jones performing a miracle healing and then plays a clip of Christian preachers. Brakhage continues reading 'The City of Dreadful Night.' He plays a clip of Ronald Reagan with a choir. Brakhage describes Erik Satie's music and plays one of Satie's 'Danses gothiques' and 'Les Fils des Étoiles.' Continued on 'Stan Brakhage presents various works of art #10 (End) and #11.'